A Stroll through History at the Harvard Art Museums

Name: A Stroll through History at the Harvard Art Museums
Start: 2025-10-01T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-01T15:30:00-04:00
Location: Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

Schedule

Wed Oct 01 2025 at 02:00 pm to 03:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138 | Cambridge, MA

Join us for a stroll through three fascinating historical spaces at the Harvard Art Museums: Adophus Busch Hall, the home of the Busch-Reisinger Museum from 1917 to 1991; the Calderwood Courtyard, the architectural centerpiece of the 32 Quincy Street building, whose arches are modeled after the facade of a 16th-century canon’s house in Montepulciano, Italy; and the Naumburg Room, a hidden “living room” bequeathed to the Fogg Museum in 1930. Starting at Adolphus Busch Hall at 29 Kirkland Street, this tour will explore each location’s significance to Harvard Art Museums’ history through stories drawn from the rich visual and documentary holdings of the museums’ archives. Please note that the walking tour will take place rain or shine.
Led by:
Megan Schwenke, Senior Archivist/Records Manager, Harvard Art Museums Archives
Free admission, but registration is required and space is limited. You can register by clicking on the event on this form, beginning on Sunday, September 21, at 10am.
We will meet at the front entrance of Adolphus Busch Hall, at 29 Kirkland Street. Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of the program to allow sufficient time to sign in with staff.